'I have put her as your wife, so take her': The fake families being smuggled into the UK
"I have put her as your wife, so take her."
"I have put her as your wife, so take her."
China's leadership knows that sabre rattling around Taiwan to force an outcome to its liking in elections does not work and Beijing is not likely to try such actions ahead of January's presidential vote, the Taiwanese foreign minister said Thursday. China has never renounced the use of force to bring democratically governed Taiwan under its control, viewing the island as one of its provinces. In 1996, China lobbed missiles into the Taiwan Strait to try to intimidate the island's voters against voting for Lee Teng-hui as president, who Beijing despised for his perceived pro-independence sympathies.
The stricken Chinese property giant suspends shares as reports emerge of its chairman being taken.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas released a 2021 Kindle and Audiobook version of his best-selling 2007 memoir, a powerful longtime friend pitched in to juice the sales.But even with that boost—which The Daily Beast reported came from conservative dark money mastermind Leonard Leo—the sales apparently didn’t take
On the latest Planet Normal podcast, which you can listen to using the audio player above, columnists Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson are joined by transport consultant and rail expert, Jonathan Tyler to discuss the future of the high speed rail project HS2, after further delays to the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the journey.
Liverpool had to come from behind to beat Championship leaders Leicester 3-1.
A New Mexico county halted the reinstallation of a 16th-century Spanish conquistador statue on Wednesday after protests over the return of the bronze figure, removed three years ago during nationwide anti-racism demonstrations. The northern county of Rio Arriba postponed a Thursday reinstatement ceremony after activists occupied a concrete pedestal in the city of Espanola, where the statue of Juan de Onate was set to be placed. Dozens of monuments to European colonizers and Confederate generals came down in 2020 during racial justice protests.
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Shares of toll road operator Atlas Arteria fell 5% to hit their lowest in over 16 months on Thursday on fears that its French motorway might be hit with a new annual tax after the government there released its 2024 budget. The company, which develops and operates private toll roads, owns nearly 31% stake in France's 2,318-km Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone (APRR) tollway, its most profitable road. The French government on Wednesday released details on a new proposed tax regime for transport infrastructures, including motorways and airports, to raise money as it continues to invest in greener forms of energy.
STORY: Trump accused President Joe Biden's push to promote electric vehicle production of killing jobs across the industry, saying, "The auto industry is being assassinated and it makes no difference what you get."Choosing to skip the second Republican presidential debate scheduled on the same night, Trump repeatedly called for the United Auto Workers union and its leader Shawn Fain to endorse him for next year's presidential election. "Endorse Trump and you can take a nice two-month vacation, come back and you guys are going to be better than you ever were. Because the other way you won't have a vacation, Shawn. And in a short period of time, you're not going to have a union, you're not going to have jobs, you're not going to have anything."To date, the UAW has declined to support either presidential candidate.With Biden joining a picket line on Tuesday to show solidarity with the United Auto Workers union members against the United States' top three carmakers, it highlights the importance both Trump and Biden place on securing support from working-class voters in battleground states such as Michigan in next year's presidential race.
Batter Danushka Gunathilaka was accused of assaulting a Sydney woman at her home after a Tinder date.
A plan to build a community wind farm has been delayed amid rising costs and changes in taxation.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution had warned of ‘dangerous conditions’ on the coasts
A Northampton charity is calling on 1,000 people to join a protest over poor air quality locally.
Vinnie tries to stay alive using a cap and glasses. Plus, Stacey Solomon and her cheerful experts help sort out our lives. Here’s what to watch this evening
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Brian White scored his 13th goal of the season in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps tied the Colorado Rapids 2-2 on Wednesday night. Vancouver (11-10-9) played its seventh straight away match, going 3-2-2. The Whitecaps, who haven’t played a home match since Aug. 20, host D.C. United on Saturday. White headed in Sebastian Berhalter’s corner kick to cap the scoring and set a career-high in goals. He is just the second player in Whitecaps MLS history to record
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Jim Ryan, Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) President and CEO, is stepping down in March 2024.